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| Wellington engine cowling diameter; same as a Beaufighter? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 7 2016, 10:04 AM (421 Views) | |
| Big Kohona | Oct 7 2016, 10:04 AM Post #1 |
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| Graham Boak | Oct 7 2016, 01:12 PM Post #2 |
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The Mk.III and X both use the Hercules engine so would be the same as on the Beaufighter. The Mk.I had the Pegasus. |
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| peebeep | Oct 7 2016, 01:14 PM Post #3 |
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The III and X were powered by the Hercules which was usually installed as a power egg in common with Beaufighters. peebeep |
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| stimpy | Oct 8 2016, 02:43 AM Post #4 |
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Interesting since I'm just working on both Airfix Beau and Trumpeter Wimpy. Now that brings me around to say that the skinny wimpy prop isn't skinny then as it's the same as the Beau, so that means the comment about the Rotol being off on my wimpy thread maybe irrelevant, and Matchbox made theirs too thick......
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| Big Kohona | Oct 8 2016, 04:14 AM Post #5 |
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| stimpy | Oct 8 2016, 01:48 PM Post #6 |
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.... then you must now verbally expose the skinny Beau prop! In fact one thinks that the blades rotate to feather correct? Then the Wimpy and Beau are in a more feathered angle than the Matchbox blade which can explain the optical difference. But seriously, Airfix beau blades are the same as the Trump Wimpy blades, so someone did their homework and we must now either deride Airfix or not as the case may be. As such this saves me buying a Matchbox Wimpy on eBay this week for $16 post included. I mean what am I going to do with the rest of that kit? I note no one came back with a reply on whether any of the other Quickboost Rotol props would work on the Trumpeter Wimpy. I'm still going by online images which is pointless. On another point, assembling both the Beau and Wimpy cowlings is fraught with alignment and pretty poor seams to deal with. .....still, I model onward towards oblivion and anarchy.
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| Big Kohona | Oct 8 2016, 02:29 PM Post #7 |
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| Big Kohona | Oct 8 2016, 02:39 PM Post #8 |
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| Graham Boak | Oct 8 2016, 03:23 PM Post #9 |
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The wide blade roots are a distinctive feature of the wooden Rotol props, but these will not have been available at the start of Wellington Mk.I production. The narrower (overall) blades being replaced by broader ones is a trend that is visible through the war, as engines became more powerful and the propeller blades had to be modified to match. This is perhaps most obvious to ourselves is where a kit manufacturer has provided alternatives for early and later production - examples are the Airfix Mosquito and Lancaster. In US types, it is perhaps best well known on the P-47. I don't know about Beaufighters, but the Airfix one is a very late example, and it is certainly possible that it had a wider prop blade than the earlier ones. Both kits may be right - but it is equally certain that kits with too-thin propeller blades are sadly far too common. Possibly this is because of draughtsmen looking at the head-on position and not allowing for the pitch angle. Equally, far too many kit blades lack the twist seen in real life. |
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| stimpy | Oct 8 2016, 03:28 PM Post #10 |
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Thanks Graham, your post went live as I was typing. So I've removed my question, then the Wimpy X will have been fitted with a broader blade than the kit, as per the photos BK supplied here. Looks like I may well pick up that Matchbox kit. |
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| stimpy | Oct 8 2016, 03:38 PM Post #11 |
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BTW..... what about the MPM (Revell/Italeri repop) Wellington blades, are they any better? I can't remember what they looked like in the box before I flogged them off. |
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| Big Kohona | Oct 8 2016, 03:58 PM Post #12 |
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| stimpy | Oct 8 2016, 09:02 PM Post #13 |
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wow there really is a big difference between the MPM thick and thin Rotol props. Interesting that they provided both in the kits. |
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| Big Kohona | Oct 8 2016, 10:05 PM Post #14 |
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| Graham Boak | Oct 9 2016, 11:32 AM Post #15 |
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The "thin Rotol" looks more like a De Havilland to me. This sent me scrabbling to my books, but none of the more recent ones specified what the propellers were. However the classic Putnam "Vickers Aircraft" confirmed that the Mk.I had De Havillands, and the Mk.III Rotols. For the US modeller, for De Havilland think licence-built Hamilton Standard. I also have the Rotol history, which makes no mention of any order for Wellingtons. What could have confused matters is that Rotol did initially manufacture metal blades made from magnesium, and these lack the distinctive very wide roots. Their shanks are wider in diameter than the De Havilland type, but I don't know their blade shape. |
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